Foot treating cabinet



Nov. 15, 1949 M. RESEK 2,488,327

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i corporation of Ohio Application October 4, 1946, Serial No. 701,210

7 Claims This invention-*has to'd'o with a 'foot' treating pan orcabinet-in which :awperson may place one or 'both feet and to which atreating fluid is admitted, suchas aozonized airprefe1'ably laden orsaturated-with a" remedial agent, as the'vapors of pinene for-example.The treatment is indicated in foot ailments-andinfections, such asathletes'foot.

Theinventionisintended especially for use with such apparatus as thatdisclosed and claimedinthecopending application of Lee S. Chadwick,Serial No. 602,596, filed June 30, 1945, titled: Apparatus for producingvaporous ozonides.

Among the objects of the invention is the provision of a, simple andinexpensive article of the above mentioned character that is especiallyconvenient of use and thoroughly sanitary, being devoid of-sharp cornersand crevices in which foreign matter might lodge or-accumulate andwhich. is, therefore, easy to keepclean and sterile.

Other objects and advantageswill appear as this description proceedswhich, with the foregoing, are realized in the embodiment of theinvention illustrated in the accompanying drawings wherein Fig. 1 is aperspective View of a foot treating pan oncabinet constructed inaccordance with-the invention Fig. '2 is :a' central Vertical sectionfrom front to rear'through the pan or eabinet,and-Fig.-3 is atransversevertical section on the-line 3-"3 of Fig. 2.

In the drawings, 1 denotes a pan-like vessel, preferably drawn from aSingle piece of sheet metal of suitable thickness and desirably coatedinside and out with vitreous enamel. The peripheral wall of the vessel lis surrounded by an outwardly extending flange 2 that is shown as formedby turning the edge portion of the wall outwardly at right angles to theplane of the wall and thence downwardly and inwardly upon itself. Thisformation provides a very stiff flange that imparts rigidity to thevessel.

To aid in properly positioning and sustaining the feet in the cabinet, asupport 3 is provided which, in the present instance, is formed by anarched portion of the bottom wall and extends transversely of the vesseland is shaped to comfortably receive the instep of the foot, asindicated in Fig. 2.

Slidably engaged with the top of the vessel 4 is a cover 5 that isformed from sheet metal and desirably enameled. The lateral edges of thecover are turned downwardly and thence inwardly to produce channels 6that receive the portions of the flange 2 along th sides of the vessel.The cover isformed with rearwardly opening notches l for theaccommodation: of. the ankles of the person whose feet are'bein'gtreated, and tostiffen the cover transversely its fronta'and rear edgesare turned upwardly to provideflanges t, the one at the rear followingthe edges of the notches l.

The cover 5 is provided with a hollow boss 9 for the connectien ofaconduit or'hose it. The boss isshown asproj'ected through-an aperturein the cover and as surrounded at its innerend by a flange that isengaged'with, land is welded or otherwise. secured to, -the1 inside ofthe cover. Obviously, the boss might be located elsewhere onthe cabinet.

In the present 'preferred'embodiment of the invention, the peripheraland bottom walls of the vessel l are joined through curved :portions ofconsiderable radius, "and the support 3 merges into said walls insimilar fashion, therebyto avoid sharp i corners in which dirt mightcollect and which would be :difficult of cleaning.

In the use of the pen'or cabinet, it may be placed upon the fioor'infront of a chair on which the personwhose feet'areto'be treated isseated and'with one or both of the feet-placed on the support3,'the'cover 5 is slid rearwardly' until its rear edge overlies theflange Eat the rear. of the vessel 5, leaving "only'the' area ofz-the'notches l about the ankles open. These spaces may be closed, if desired,by a towelor-thetlikegas-may be the vacant notch, if only one foot isbeing treated. Now, with the conduit it! applied to the boss 9, treatingfluid may be introduced into the cabinet from a suitable source and, asstated above, this treating fluid may consist of ozonized medicatedvapor supplied from such apparatus as that disclosed in thebeforementioned application. With only the instep of the foot engagedwith the support 3, the fluid or vapor has access to practically theentire surface of the foot.

Having thus described my invention, what I claim is:

1. A foot treating cabinet comprising a vessel having an opening throughwhich a foot may be inserted, foot supporting and positioning means inthe vessel at the bottom thereof for receiving the instep portion of thebottom of the foot remote from the toes and being sufficiently elevatedabove the plane of the bottom of the vessel to maintain the remainingportion of the bottom of the foot out of contact with the bottom of thevessel, a closure for application to the vessel for closingsubstantially all of the aforesaid opening excepting the ankleaccommodating portion thereof, the closure having a notch for receivingthe ankle that opens through the edge of the closure so that the closuremay be applied to the vessel after the foot has been positioned in thelatter, and a conduit communicatively connected to the vessel foradmitting a stream of treating vapor thereto.

2. A foot treating cabinet comprising an opentop vessel, foot supportingand positioning means in the vessel for receiving the instep of thefoot, said means being sufficiently elevated above the plane of thebottom of the vessel to maintain the sole and heel portions of the footout of contact with the bottom of the vessel; closure means for the topof the vessel constructed to provide ankle accommodating spaces thatopen through an edge of the closure, and a conduit communicativelyconnected to the vessel for admitting a stream of treating vaporthereto.

3. A foot treating cabinet comprising a seamless one-piece pan-likevessel having rounded corners of substantial radii and open at the topto receive feet to be treated, the vessel including a bottom wall and arear Wall that are at substantially right angles to each other, aclosure movably connected to the vessel and constructed to provide ankleaccommodating notches that open through the rear edge of the closure,and a conduit communicatively connected to the vessel for admitting astream of treating vapor thereto.

4. A foot treating cabinet comprising a panlike vessel open at the topfor receiving feet to be treated, the vessel including a bottom wall anda rear wall that are at substantially right angles to Y each other, acover for the vessel slidably attached thereto along its lateral edgesand having notches that open through its rear edge for the accommodationof the ankles, and a conduit communicatively connected to the vessel foradmitting a stream of treating vapor thereto.

5. A foot treating cabinet comprising a panlike vessel open at the topfor receiving feet to be treated and provided with a transversely archedportion for receiving the instep of each foot, said arched portion beingso disposed as to position the feet with their heels near the rear wallof the vessel and being of sufficient height to maintain the sole andheel portions of the feet out of contact with the bottom of the vessel,closure means for closing substantially all of the open top of saidvessel and having notches opening through the rear edge foraccommodating the ankles, and a conduit communicatively connected to thevessel for admitting a stream of treating vapor thereto.

6. A foot treating cabinet comprising a substantially rectangularpan-like sheet metal vessel surrounded at its top by a horizontalflange, a sheet metal cover having its lateral edges downwardly extendedand shaped to provide channels for the reception of the flanges thatextend along the upper edges of the side walls of the vessel, one end ofthe cover having ankle accommodating notches that open through said end,the adjacent end of the vessel being at substantially right angles tothe plane of the bottom of the vessel, the cover being flanged along itsends uniformly from side to side and about said notches to stiffen it ina transverse direction, and a conduit communicatively connected to thevessel for admitting a stream of treating vapor thereto.

7. A foot treating cabinet according to claim 6 wherein the bottom wallof the vessel is formed with an arch-shaped transverse ridge for thereception of the instep portions of the feet, said ridge being sodisposed as to position the feet with their heels near the rear wall ofthe vessel and being of sufficient height to maintain the sole and heelportions of the feet out of contact with the bottom of the vessel.

MARC RESEK.

REFERENCES CITED The following references are of record in the file ofthis patent:

UNITED STATES PATENTS Number Name Date 504,480 Schifferly Sept. 5, 1893847,324 Ely Mar. 19, 1907 850,603 Reiter Apr. 16, 1907 1,490,137Springer Apr. 15, 1924 1,694,858 Landon Dec. 11, 1928 1,754,971 WaigandApr. 15, 1930 OTHER REFERENCES Surgical Instruments and HospitalEquipment Catalogue, The Murray-Baumgartner Surgical Instrument Company,Baltimore, Maryland, pg. 368, Fig. H-558. (A copy of this catalogue isavailable in Div. of the U. S. Patent Oiiice.)

